271, Lot: 396. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Considius Paetus. 46 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.90 g, 2h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; A behind / Curule chair, garlanded, on which lies wreath. Crawford 465/2a; CRI 77b; Sydenham 991; Considia 2. EF, lustrous, struck from worn dies.

This issue was likely struck to commemorate Caesar’s right to sit in the Senate on a curule chair between the two consuls following his victory at Thapsus.